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Oooops, it is IBM RPG, not PRG! My bad! There are some links in Wikipedia. I never used it, but only read big thread about SQL vs RPG on Russian-speaking foru
by blacklion 2y ago
Oooops, it is IBM RPG, not PRG! My bad!
There are some links in Wikipedia.
I never used it, but only read big thread about SQL vs RPG on Russian-speaking forum, and there was a ton of examples from person who works with IBM i platform in some big bank. Basic operations look like SQLite bytecodes: open table, move cursor after record with key value "X", get some fields, update some field, plus loops, if's, basic arithmetic, etc.
- kayodelycaon 2y agoFor those that aren’t familiar, IBM i is ye olde A/S 400. To be fair, RPG has been continuously updated and the version I’ve seen has Java integration. It’s somewhat amusing that a single developer using Python can run circles around entire teams of RPG programmers. Technology marches on. :)
- wglb 2y agoWell, having programmed RPG professionally, there is no question that a python programmer would clock any RPG programmer. RPG is a terrible way to program.
- wglb 2y agoAh. I did RPG on a system 33, a precursor to the AS 400.
- lmz 2y agoThat kind of manipulation isn't limited to RPG. I believe dBase and descendants also work similarly with manual cursor manipulation.